John DesRosier, Ph.D.

John DesRosier, LSDF's Director of Programs, has spent over 30 years in research and technology commercialization. He received his Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Washington and was on the faculty at Ohio Wesleyan University and Middlebury College. He worked at the University of Washington for eleven years where he was responsible for commercialization of biomedical technologies and a liaison to industry. Prior to that he was at the start-up company, BioControl Systems in Bothell, WA, where he was part of a team that launched four diagnostic products for detecting pathogenic bacteria in foods. Prior to joining LSDF, he spent six years consulting in the areas of commercialization of early stage technology and economic development with a specialization in the transfer of academic research innovations from the nonprofit to the industrial sector.